Himalayas

Damming the Himalayas

This blog post appeared on www.motherjones.com/blue-marble in March 2009. By Josh Harkinson A recent report by International Rivers details a rash of dam building projects in the world's most rugged and scenic mountain range. Massive plans are underway in Pakistan, India, Nepal, and Bhutan to build several hundred dams in the region, with over 150,000 megawatts of additional capacity proposed in the next 20 years in the four countries. If all the planned capacity expansion materializes, the Himalayan region could possibly have the highest concentration of dams in the world. It&#

More Himalayan Follies?

This article appeared on infochangeindia.org in April 2009. By Kannan Kasturi The new ‘United Nations World Water Development Report 3’ carries alarming warnings about the impact of glacial melts in the Himalayas. But over 450 hydropower projects are being planned in the Himalayas without taking the consequences of climate change into account, says a report from International Rivers A comprehensive UN assessment of the earth’s water resources, the recently released ‘United Nations World Water Development Report 3’ (www.unesco.org/water/wwap/), carries a stark message on

Report Launch "Mountains of Concrete"

Wednesday, December 31, 2008
Monday, January 12, 2009 from 2.30pm to 4pm India International Centre (Annex), Conference Hall-3 40 Max Mueller Marg, New Delhi 110003, India Shripad Dharmadhikary of Manthan Adhyayan Kendra will present his study on dam building in the Himalayas: "Mountains of Concrete: Dam Building in the Himalayas". It discusses the linkages between climate change and dam-building in the Himalayas, and comprehensively analyses the impacts of the dam building spree on the region's people, ecosystems, and economy. The report has been published by International Rivers. Ratan Bhandari from Water & Energy U

Energy at What Cost? - Dam Building in the Himalayas

The Himalayas store a vast amount of water, and with their high slopes, the fast-moving rivers present a huge potential for generating hydropower. India, Pakistan, Nepal and Bhutan have initiated massive plans to build several hundred dams. Shripad Dharmadhikary, the author of the forthcoming International Rivers report on Dam Building in the Himalayas, has analyzed the new spree of dam building in the Himalayas and will present his findings at the Conference on Peace and Sustainable Development in South Asia, on December 1- 3 in Islamabad, Pakistan. The conference is organized by the Susta
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